Postfix/Dovecot permissions for new mailboxes

[Aki Tuomi]

Well, that's not what I asked you to try...

try

mail_home=/var/spool/mail/%u
mail_location=mdbox:~/

Aki

> On 15 May 2018 at 20:03 telsch <telsch at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> With this settings I don't get the expectet result, still get wrong 
> permissions on new mailboxes. Aki did you also try with %u ?
> 
>  > In /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf follow options are set:
>  >        mail_gid = mail
>  >        mail_privileged_group = mail
>  >        mail_access_groups = mail
>  >        mail_location = mdbox:/var/spool/mail/%u
> 
> On 15.05.2018 13:06, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> > I have to correct myself. I tested with sdbox now too, and it seems that
> > using
> > 
> > mail_location=sdbox:~/Mail
> > 
> > produces the expected behaviour. mdbox uses same code as sdbox for this,
> > so it should work fine.
> > 
> > Aki
> > 
> > 
> > On 15.05.2018 13:01, telsch wrote:
> >> I use mdbox not maildir:
> >>
> >>      mail_location = mdbox:/var/spool/mail/%u
> >>
> >> On 15.05.2018 11:53, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> >>> Do you have
> >>>
> >>> mail_location=maildir:~/mail
> >>>
> >>> or
> >>>
> >>> mail_location = maildir:/path/to/whatever/%u
> >>>
> >>> I tested with latest 2.2 that if I use /path/to, I get correct
> >>> permissions.
> >>>
> >>> Aki
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 15.05.2018 12:43, telsch wrote:
> >>>> I would expect same permissions as for root mail directory 02770:
> >>>>       drwxrws--- 5 newuser mail 4096 Apr 23 19:31
> >>>> /var/spool/mail/newuser/
> >>>>
> >>>> Using Dovecot 2.2.34
> >>>>
> >>>> On 14.05.2018 08:37, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 09.05.2018 12:52, telsch wrote:
> >>>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> the wiki page describe that permission should copied from root mail
> >>>>>> directory
> >>>>>>        https://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Permissions
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The permissions for the root mail directory are set to 2770:
> >>>>>>        drwxrws--- 36 root mail 4096 Apr 15 02:30 /var/spool/mail/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But newly created mailboxes get following permissions:
> >>>>>>        drwx--S--- 5 newuser mail 4096 Apr 23 19:31
> >>>>>> /var/spool/mail/newuser/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> In /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf follow options are set:
> >>>>>>        mail_gid = mail
> >>>>>>        mail_privileged_group = mail
> >>>>>>        mail_access_groups = mail
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm missing something to get right group permissions for new
> >>>>>> mailboxes?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What permissions were you expecting? Also, which version of dovecot
> >>>>> are
> >>>>> you running?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Aki
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >